Ooka Island & First Nation Early Literacy Partnership
Have you heard the news? Wonderful things are happening at John J Sark Memorial School! Students at John J Sark Memorial School are loving Ooka Island! Join the team at Ooka Island as they visit John J Sark to check in with Kindergarten teacher, Wendy Walker and Principal, Nora McCarthy-Joyce. Watch the video below to meet the students at John J Sark and hear about their favourite parts of the Ooka Island Adventure! What is this school doing differently? The benefits of learning to read at an early age will help prepare young learners for a life-time of...
read moreMust See Video for New Players on Ooka Island!
Let the Adventure Begin … The story of the Ooka Elves and the Fliggs Before a child begins the Ooka Island Adventure, watch this video together to see what’s in store! It’s a BIG adventure for little learners! Ooka Island is a magical Island where flying pigs called Fliggs live. The fliggs know how to read because their leader, Fliggnorance, taught them. Also living on the Island are kind hearted Ooka Elves. The Ooka Elves love to play and share and they asked Fliggnorance to teach them how to read too. It’s hard to believe but Fliggnorance...
read moreCreating a 14 Day FREE Trial for the Ooka Island Reading Adventure!
If you would like a free 14 day free trial of the new Ooka Island Adventure, just watch this video on how to get started! Watch the video tutorial below, or scroll down to read the script if you prefer! First go to the main page of the Ooka Island website and click on the Free Trial button. Next click on ‘start a 14 day free trial’. Enter your desired username, create and confirm a password, type in your email address and check the box to sign up. This username and password will be the administrative login. You can also use this information to check out progress...
read moreVideo Tutorial #9 Secrets to Free Play!
Welcome to our ninth video tutorial! My name is Jim Barber and I am the CEO and creative director at Ooka Island Reading Programs. Today I would like to share a quick video with you on the Free Play Experience. This video tutorial will focus on all the extra features available to little learners during the eight minutes of Free Play experience. Watch the video tutorial below, or scroll down to read the video transcript if you prefer! Video Transcript: The Ooka Island Adventure has a unique game flow cycle. The young learner follows Zobot in guided play through 20 minutes of...
read more“Gaming with Purpose” How Adaptive Learning Technology Can Ensure Skill Mastery for Beginning Readers
Good day! I had the recent privilege of discussing the topic “Gaming with Purpose” with Sandy Fivecoat from WeAreTeachers, in an interview on adaptive learning that you can watch below! Plenty of visuals accompany the presentation and we discuss how young learners playing on adaptive, smart technology can ensure skill mastery and will increase literacy skills in a compelling and effective way. Read on! Jim Barber,...
read moreVideo Tutorial #6 Free Classroom Resources Certificates, Music & Book Paths!
Welcome to our sixth Video Tutorial in the Ooka Lighthouse! My name is Jim Barber and I am the CEO and creative director at Ooka Island Reading Programs. Today I would like to share a quick video with you on using the Lighthouse, Ooka Island’s real-time online data reporting system. This video tutorial will focus on the Free Ooka Classroom Resources. Watch the video tutorial below, or scroll down to read the script if you prefer! From the main page of the Ooka Lighthouse, let’s check out the Free Classroom Resources section of the Ooka Lighthouse. By clicking on the Classroom...
read moreFree Play on Ooka Island! A Chance for Curious Young Minds to Explore and Discover New Things
Free Play on Ooka Island! Here’s one more way children can explore, discover, and learn from one another on Ooka Island! The Free Play feature is enabled after a child completes a full cycle of the learning flow (see PDF). The learning flow consists of 20 minutes of guided curricular play in a variety of fun phonemic and phonetic activities and then 10 minutes of reading a new e-book in the Popcorn Library. After this 30 minute period of learning, the child has accomplished a lot of hard work and as a result is rewarded with Free Play! During Free Play, the entire island opens up...
read moreVideo Tutorial #4 Progress Summary Reports and Instructional Time in Game Reporting
Welcome to our fourth Video Tutorial in the Ooka Lighthouse! My name is Jim Barber and I am the CEO and creative director at Ooka Island Reading Programs. Today I would like to share a quick video with you on using the Lighthouse, Ooka Island’s real-time online data reporting system. This video tutorial will focus on the Progress Summary Reports and Instructional Time in Game Reporting in the Ooka Lighthouse. Watch the video tutorial below, or scroll down to read the script if you prefer! To access the Progress Summary Reports, log into the Lighthouse using your username and...
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